Virman Vundabar


Virman Vundabar is a fictional extraterrestrial supervillain published by DC Comics.

Publication history

Virman Vundabar was created by Jack Kirby and first appeared in Mister Miracle #5. His physical appearance is modeled after Benito Mussolini.
The name "Vundabar" is a corruption of the German word "wunderbar", which means "wonderful", and has also been spelled as "Vunderbarr". His first name "Virman" is a corruption of the word "vermin".

Fictional character biography

A resident of Apokolips, Virman is a minion of Granny Goodness, having grown up in Goodness' orphanages like many of Darkseid's soldiers. He models his personality and schemes on Prussian military appearance and precision, having become enamored with Prussian history after a campaign on Earth.
When Darkseid is missing at the Source Wall, his inner circle turn to conspire against each other. Vundabar allies himself with Granny Goodness. DeSaad, disguised as Darkseid, makes Darkseid's circle stand down. After returning from the Source, Darkseid obliterates Vundabar with his Omega Beams. Darkseid later resurrects Vundabar, who is seemingly loyal to him despite the skepticism of Granny Goodness.
In Terror Titans, Virman Vundabar is killed by the Clock King, with his niece Malice joining the Female Furies.
In Tom King's Mister Miracle series, Vundabar appears as part of a hallucination Mister Miracle suffers after being exposed to the Anti-Life Equation.

Powers and abilities

As a New God, Virman Vundabar is nigh-immortal and possesses superhuman physical abilities. He is also a skilled combatant, strategist, and scientist.

Other versions

An alternate universe variant of Virman Vundabar appears in Kingdom Come.

In other media

Television

Video games

Miscellaneous